August Jansen
(1881 - 1957)
Lauri talu õu. 1940
Oil, masonite. 84 x 102 cm
Starting price 2 493 (sold)
As a painter, August Jansen is a characteristic example of the inevitability of becoming an artist. In the childhood the model of the father, being a decorator, the first school of drawing already at the age of 14 and as its logical continuation in the beginning of the century studies in the Art Promoting Society School in St.Petersburg and in the higher art school of the Academy of Arts. Between the two World Wars August Jansen was one of the most many-sided organizer of the art life, an active lecturer and a remarkably fruitful painter.
In his works Jansen always returned to the observation of the homeland that was a mixture of the etnographic wish of recording and a national-romantic celebration of work and country life. Yard of the Lauri farm house is characteristic both to the Jansen's creation and to a certain part of the Estonian culture that continuously reaches out for its roots, striving to return to the genuine and intact country life. The extraordinary motion of the clouds and the sky, a tree, rising directly from the heart of the picture towards the sky and a massive farm house add a rarely seen sublimity. That is also understandable, because the Lauri farm house and the Miku farm house are Jansen's most loved motifs, as both of them were located near his home at Põllküla.
In his works Jansen always returned to the observation of the homeland that was a mixture of the etnographic wish of recording and a national-romantic celebration of work and country life. Yard of the Lauri farm house is characteristic both to the Jansen's creation and to a certain part of the Estonian culture that continuously reaches out for its roots, striving to return to the genuine and intact country life. The extraordinary motion of the clouds and the sky, a tree, rising directly from the heart of the picture towards the sky and a massive farm house add a rarely seen sublimity. That is also understandable, because the Lauri farm house and the Miku farm house are Jansen's most loved motifs, as both of them were located near his home at Põllküla.
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Appearance in auctions
![Before Lightning](/content/teosed/20012_t.jpg)
Before Lightning
1930s. Oil, canvas 33 x 46 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART CLASSICS AUCTION: TIMELESS VISIONS Haus Gallery 04.11.2023
3 100
Final price: 9 900
![Riverside View With Boats](/content/teosed/18401_t.jpg)
Riverside View With Boats
1929. Oil, canvas on cardboard 43 x 31.5 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
2 600
Final price: 18 200
![The Yard of Lauri's Farm](/content/teosed/18635_t.jpg)
The Yard of Lauri's Farm
1945-1954. Oli, masonite 84 x 102 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 29.10.2022
Final price:
![River Landscape](/content/teosed/18041_t.jpg)
River Landscape
1920-1930s. Oil, canvas 46.5 x 66.5 cm (framed)
EARLIER ART CLASSICS - Saturday, May 14th 15:00 Haus Gallery 14.05.2022
3 600
Final price: 8 300
![Summerhouse](/content/teosed/17147_t.jpg)
Summerhouse
1927. Oil, canvas 50 x 76 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN EARLIER ART CLASSICS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 06.11.2021
5 400
Final price: 16 700
![Käravete Manor](/content/teosed/17293_t.jpg)
Käravete Manor
1938. Oil, canvas 72 x 93 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN EARLIER ART CLASSICS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 06.11.2021
5 700
Final price: 18 700
![Farmhouse](/content/teosed/15804_t.jpg)
Farmhouse
1926. Oil, canvas 56.5 x 94.5 cm (framed)
EESTI VANEMA KUNSTI KLASSIKA OKSJON Haus Gallery 07.05.2021
5 300
Final price: 26 600
![Farm Motif](/content/teosed/14964_t.jpg)
Farm Motif
1940. Oil, canvas 39.5 x 49 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's spring auction Haus Gallery 25.04.2019
Final price:
![Maastik](/content/teosed/14104_t.jpg)
Maastik
1947. 46.5 x 65 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's spring auction Haus Gallery 27.04.2018
1 800
Final price: 11 400
![Surnuaiapüha](/content/teosed/11212_t.jpg)
Surnuaiapüha
1918. tempera 29.5 x 45 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 900
Final price: 1 900
![Taluõu kiigega](/content/teosed/11171_t.jpg)
Taluõu kiigega
1940-1950. oil on cardboard 35.5 x 44 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 28.03.2013
1 500
Final price:
![Külatänav](/content/teosed/8951_t.jpg)
Külatänav
1950-1955. oil on canvas 54 x 78 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXV ART AUCTION 2009 autumn Haus Gallery 27.10.2009
3 132
Final price: 4 218
![Maastik](/content/teosed/8946_t.jpg)
Maastik
1935-1937. oil on canvas 44 x 69.7 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY XXV ART AUCTION 2009 autumn Haus Gallery 27.10.2009
3 451
Final price: 7 797
![Paadiga rannal](/content/teosed/3854_t.jpg)
Paadiga rannal
1942. Oil on plywood 39 x 63 cm
HAUS GALLERY XVIIth ART AUCTION, 2005 autumn Haus Gallery 20.10.2005
2 237
Final price: 3 355
![Maastik jõega](/content/teosed/3231_t.jpg)
Maastik jõega
1940. Oil on canvas 48 x 70 cm
HAUS GALLERY XIVth ART AUCTION, 2004 spring Haus Gallery 04.04.2004
2 301
Final price: 3 515
![Lauri talu õu](/content/teosed/2386_t.jpg)
Lauri talu õu
1940. Oil, masonite 84 x 102 cm
HAUS / XI AUCTION, 2002 autumn Haus Gallery 24.10.2002
2 493
Final price: 2 493
![Kompositsioon laste ja paadiga](/content/teosed/2841_t.jpg)
Kompositsioon laste ja paadiga
1940. Oil on plywood
HAUS / VIII AUCTION, 2001 spring Haus Gallery 26.04.2001
1 662
Final price:
Appearance in exhibitions
![Farm Motif](/content/teosed/14964_t.jpg)
Farm Motif
1940. Oil, canvas 39.5 x 49 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY Haus Gallery 08.03.2024
![The Yard of Lauri's Farm](/content/teosed/18635_t.jpg)
The Yard of Lauri's Farm
1945-1954. Oli, masonite 84 x 102 cm (framed)
WORKS FROM TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Haus Gallery 15.02.2023-13.03.2023